Fish-net sinker



U. LEIDING. PISH NET SINKER.

Patented Sept. 29, 1891 UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

CHARLES LEIDING, OF DULUTH, MINNESOTA.

FISH-NET SINKER.

SPECIFICATION formng part of Letters Patent No. 460,142, dated September29, 1891.

' Application filed October 2, 1890. Seria1 No. 366,801. (Io model) T0aZZ wh0m iU mwy concern:

Be t known that I- CHARLES LEIDING, a oitizen of t,he United States ofAmerioa, 1esiding at Duluth, in the county of St. Louis and State ofMnnesotzi, have invented cer tain new and nseful. Improvements in Fish-Nets, of whioh the following is a speoificaton, referenoe being hadthereu to ihe acoompanyng drawngs.

This invention pertains to eertain new and useful improvements infish-nets, having referenoe more espeeially to the floats and simkerstherefor, its object being, first, to prevent the fioats and sinkersfrom beooming entangled in the meshes of the net, end, seoond, toprovide Ineens for readily seeuring the sinkers to the net,snbstantially as hereinfte1 fully set forth, and partieularly pointedout in the claims.

In the acoompanying dmwings, Figure 1 is a view of a portion of a netlmvng my improvements attached thereto. Fig. 2 is {L de teil perspeotiveview of the snker.

Referring to the drawings, A designates u net of any preferred form 01pattern, having the usua1 upper and 1ower oords (0 a.

B is the float, whieh is preferably of wood and semioircular in shape,its diameter be ing about equal to two meshes of the net. In the loweredge of the float is formed a groove b, wherein the upper oord a ofthenet; is held by two cords 01' straps b passed through ho1es 01 apertu1esZ9 in float B. By making the float as deseribed t is impossible for theSame to become entangled in the net.

0 is the 1ead snker, whioh has form ed therewith two flexibie ea1s al,designed to overlap and be closed down upon the lower oord a of the net,said sinker heing piaeed diametrically opposite the float.

Io he sinkerare seoured the. ends of a bai1 01 loop D, made of wre andhavingright-an gulzu ends e, which are inserted in end Soekets of thesinker. This bail 01 loop gives 130 the sinker asa whole the ou'oline 01conformation of the float, and in eonsequenoe prevents the sinker f1ombeoomng entangled in the meshes of the net.

From the foregoing description twill be seen that I have provided simpleand highlyeflcient means by Whioh a. net may be held in p1aoe and allentanglement of the floats and sinkers thexe0f is avoided, and alsomeans by whioh the sinker een be readily secured to 01 detaohed from themet.

I claim as my invention 1. A fish-net having a sinker seoured t o itslower edge and apivoted bail 01. loop depending from seid sinker, as setforth.

2. A fish-net having a sinker seoured to its 1ower edge and providedWith sooketed ende, and the beil or loop having angular ends inserted insaid sooketed ends, substantiellyas set forth.

The herein-desoribed mproved sinker, having Lhe flexible ears andsooketed ends, zmd the bL1 or loop having angular ends inserted in sadsooketed ends,subtm1tialyas set forth.

In -testimony whereof Iaflix my sigxmture in presence of rwo witnessesCHARLES LEIDING.

Wtnesses:

CHAS. F. HOPKINS, R. A. TI IOMSON.

